ultrageranium @320x200@post.lurk.org

A few weeks ago we published a follow-up article about the solar.lowtechmagazine.com project: "How sustainable is a solar powered website?"

The article is a very extensive research into the embedded energy costs of this setup and how to lower that. Additionally we have some statistics on visitors (865k unique), energy use (18.1 KWh) and uptime (98.2%) after more than a year of operation and what conclusions to draw from that.

There is quite some overcapacity in the system, so to increase our efficiency one approach would be to host multiple servers on that off-grid solar system. But that is scaling up. Instead the #lowtech solution we opted for is seeing how we can do the same with smaller batteries, smaller solar panel and hosting more sites on the same machine. To that end we've started migrating #french, #spanish and #dutch language sites to the solar server as well.

Anyway here is the whole thing with all the details!

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html

It is time for a new special issue of the Pervasive Labour Union zine! This issue, prepared by the collective Precademics 85.42.1, brings experiences of precarity in Greek academia to the fore.

"This is an attention-seeking act of Greek academic unions to make public and visible the precarious conditions they find themselves in. Far from being an academic aporia by our Greek colleagues, this is the past and future of academia itself." Leandros Kyriakopoulos

https://ilu.servus.at/category/14-special-issue-precademics-85421.html

"Call us immediately if your child uses Kali Linux, squawks West Mids Police"

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/14/silly_police_infosec_parental_advice_poster/

this is an old piece of code to visualize the semantic relations between word embeddings and some of their implicit bias:
http://embeddings.gitlab.io/#woman,housewife,man,gentleman
(it may take some time to load)

In defence of swap: common misconceptions https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html

I wrote a piece on #misophonia, noise-canceling technology, orphic #media and people as push notifications for Real Life Magazine: https://reallifemag.com/the-other-as-noise/

P.S. A big influence for this text was the book 'Hush' by Mack Hagood; make sure to check it out!

meli, a new mail client for the terminal - pre-alpha release
https://meli.delivery/posts/2019-06-15-pre-alpha.html

Discussion on lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/fqcpxq/meli_new_mail_client_for_terminal_pre

continuing to mess around with bytebeat

rx, the minimalist pixel editor v0.4.0 is out! 👾

Linux binary: https://rx.cloudhead.io/#binaries

Changes:

* Command history with <up>/<down> arrows
* Command-line <tab> completion on files and directories
* New command `:wq` to write and quit
* Much lower CPU usage when no user input

The County Carlow Environmental Network (#CCEN) is putting on a Film Festival in partnership with #VISUAL #VISUALcarlow.

Four nights from February to May to view these documentary pieces helping us to understand the origins and impacts of climate change.

Screenings are free to attend, for last minute details check: https://ccen.ie/environmental-film-festival/

#Carlow #environment #climate #action

Tomorrow at Varia we will be having an evening of documentary watching, thoughtful debate and musical performance!
We will be screening the documentaries "Alles Flex?" and "Call me Intern", both of which reflect on the devastating consequences caused by the ongoing flexibilization of both housing and work. To further clarify and present these topics, Abel Heijkamp, one of the filmmakers responsible for "Alles Flex?" and member of Bondprecaire Woonvormen, has kindly agreed to be present for a Q&A and conversation.

The second part of the program will be secured by Sam Kreuk, who will be presenting his solo project, City Dragon.

Time: 17h30
Location: Varia, Gouwstraat 3 (Rotterdam)

https://vvvvvvaria.org/en/alles-flex-call-me-intern-city-dragon.html

"What Remains", released some months ago for the venerable Nintendo #NES (1986) is no less than *excellent*! <3

https://iodinedynamics.itch.io/whatremains

An interactive fiction/adventure game about: environment, disinformation, whistleblowing, feminism, hacking (also lockpicking!), organizing, etc.

It's funny and deep. The characters are so cool! Great politics! Spot on! <3

Oh, and fantastic music! Some wild #chiptune epic!

Gameplay is friendly, never (too) punitive. Had to play it to the end!

<3 <3 <3

#CyberCyberCyber #UnCyber